Nearly 400 Kurdish, Daesh Fighters Killed in Afrin Op – Turkish General Staff
“Since the beginning of the Olive Branch operation, the Turkish Air Force has destroyed 340 targets, belonging to the PYD, the YPG and Daesh, while 394 fighters have been eliminated. At the same time, three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 30 wounded. Thirteen fighters from the Free Syrian Army have been killed and 24 wounded,” a statement, obtained by RIA Novosti news agency says, noting that the operation had been proceeding on a scheduled basis.
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The statement by the Turkish General Staff comes a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces’ press service reported the deaths of 308 Turkish servicemen in the Olive Branch operation in Afrin.
At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that Ankara could extend its third military advance in Syria all the way east to the border with Iraq, emphasizing that the country would “completely clear the region of terrorists, beginning with Manbij and throughout our entire border [with Syria].”
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